tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37971632008-05-18T11:11:47.400-07:00Random lifeA journal of how I am engineering my human conditionTheo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-68466802533220532832008-01-30T00:50:00.001-08:002008-01-30T00:50:45.569-08:00Dumb Thought of the Day...Just for the sake of irony, I would love to meet a woman named Dr. Phyllis Stein, just to say that I meet her.Phyllis Stein = philistine(huh! Huh.)I did tell you that it was a dumb thought to begin with.Theo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-40066693302300768782008-01-17T22:46:00.000-08:002008-01-17T22:47:12.756-08:00Random thoughts...I will admit that my mind has been a little more random then normal today. On my drive home, a little thought crept into the front of my mind that amused me:  "Let the barbarian's trombones sound, for today, we conquer Milwaukee." Beyond the amusing thought of throngs of invaders invading the Great Lakes area and that the carry a brass section with them. I was just as amused with the fact that I Theo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-76924056969696210812007-12-25T22:39:00.000-08:002007-12-25T22:40:19.071-08:00$3.50 for you thoughtsJust a quote that came up when I was talking to my Aunt Beverly:"Uncertainty is just a situation where you don't know all of the facts yet."Theo, 23.Dec.2007Theo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-29226594504149711542007-11-25T12:37:00.001-08:002007-11-25T12:37:30.698-08:00Words I wished I learned in school...I got to learn a new word yesterday. Now to find a way to use it in everyday conversation that won't get me charged with aggravated assault:defenestration | noun formal or humorousthe action of throwing someone or something out of a window.DERIVATIVESdefenestrateORIGIN early 17th cent.: from modern Latin defenestratio(n-), from de- 'down from' + Latin fenestra 'window.'Theo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-63460315129830740552007-05-25T12:30:00.001-07:002007-05-25T13:01:47.240-07:00Am I really that pretty?Just a little random fun on my holiday... Theo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-74199588802959899822007-03-19T19:42:00.001-07:002007-03-19T19:42:45.599-07:00That's the difference...The difference between a good photographer and a great photographer is a good photographer can take beautiful photograph with his camera, a great photographer can take a beautiful photograph with any cameraTheo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-43609829837969476242007-03-06T18:53:00.000-08:002007-03-06T18:54:01.126-08:00Theo's Prose of the day"That's just the collective unconscious dreaming of electronic sheep"-MeTheo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-20994928362279881792006-12-19T01:25:00.001-08:002006-12-19T01:25:52.808-08:00You all have to read this...My newest comic obsession: Lackadaisy.The story takes place in struggling Speakeasy during the prohibition age in St. Louis. But there is a one big twist to this story, you'll get it when you read it:Current page: http://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/comic.phpArchives: http://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/archive.phpTheo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-12887184176189972992006-12-15T15:14:00.000-08:002006-12-15T15:18:49.080-08:00As Time goes by...With the political and environmental climates as they are right now, I can't help but draw comparisons between the real world and the world of Transmetropolitan. Even thought the series ended in 2002, the comic still illustrates relevance to current affairs.Theo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-1163142572924009892006-11-09T23:09:00.000-08:002006-11-09T23:09:32.930-08:00I am going to be that crazy old man...It's already beginning to happen with the odd yet endearing colloquialisms.I was in a meeting and felt the my voice was being ignored by the rest of the group. My inside-voice said, "People, I feel that we are getting off topic with this random banter." Unfortunately, my outside- voice misheard my inside-voice and instead said, "Oy, Chuckleheads, What am I doing here? I feel like I'm Theo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-1163065666793582042006-11-09T01:47:00.000-08:002006-11-09T01:57:01.556-08:00I think I figured it out...You see these cartoons with the anthropomorphised ideas of right and wrong siting each shoulder of the character. The cross-dressing goody-goody angel on the right and the leotard wearing, pitchfork fetishist devil on the left. Right? Right. I've never been able to relate to the specific casting of these roles, but I do like the idea of it. So after some thought I've figured out how I'm going toTheo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-1162800304630371562006-11-06T00:05:00.000-08:002006-11-06T00:05:04.673-08:00Riddle me this...In a city renowned for its rainfall, why is it that the majority of its inhabitants either refuse to use, or do not own an umbrella? is it some sort of regional hubris? Theo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-1162449385912430702006-11-01T22:36:00.000-08:002006-11-04T22:50:39.346-08:00Some theories you should keep to your self...In one of my more lucid moments I think I've come up with a new addition to supplement my existing standards for finding Mrs. Right. For those of you new to this, the current standards includes such criteria as: "Can not be a Psychologist, Psychology Major, or generally anything that relates to the a fore mentioned fields of study." "Their mental stability must be equal, or greater then my Theo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-1162449304590481742006-11-01T22:35:00.000-08:002006-11-01T22:35:04.590-08:00Better to be bright & clever then smart & brilliant...I'm beginning to believe that for an artist, it is better to be bright & clever rather then smart & brilliant. With the former, there is a certain lucidity of abstract thought that the later doesn't allow for.Theo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-1162449285686865932006-11-01T22:34:00.000-08:002006-11-01T22:34:45.770-08:00Square and not the good kind...I was listening to the 80's station when Huey Lewis & The News' "Hip to be Square" started playing... and I was able to relate to it. It's retched. Brain the size of a planet and I'm driving a beige Toyota to Suburbia everyday. G-d I'm so depressed.Theo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-1161928004700706172006-10-26T22:46:00.000-07:002006-10-27T12:44:07.960-07:00Now who wouldn't want to do this...I don't care what kind of man you are, who wouldn't want to roll across the verdant hills and dales of the English county side in a tank. Link: Tank Paintball Theo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-1161839540489162652006-10-25T22:12:00.000-07:002006-10-25T22:12:20.493-07:00The best quote this month...In the Fall 2006 issue of Heeb in reference to Kabalah and Hollywood actors:"Can't the goyim just go back to being Scientologists, already?"Theo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-1161839404110600822006-10-25T22:10:00.000-07:002006-10-27T14:12:32.483-07:00It's funny on so many levels...I think that I would like to have a pet pig, just so I could name him "Dinner." Theo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-1161673790481349952006-10-24T00:06:00.000-07:002006-10-24T00:09:50.493-07:00New blog in the house...You heard it here. I have a new blog, "Project 365". It's an idea I picked up to document the next year of my life by taking one picture a day. Let’s see where this goes. Will I post everyday? Hell no, but I'll try to post stuff every couple of days. Come'on, you know you want to see.Theo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-1160720467163728592006-10-12T23:21:00.000-07:002006-10-24T21:49:34.526-07:00Bad manners or bad lighting...Would it be in bad form to tell a neighbour that I've never met, that the lighting design of his living room is just awful. I mean, really awful, like florescent hallway awful.Theo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-1158562807527138252006-09-18T00:00:00.000-07:002006-09-26T07:53:19.890-07:00Don't Drink and Blog...Feh! with you fancy-pants defiance and indignation. Back in my day all we had was spite and anger and we didn't like you.Theo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-1156487170364735242006-08-24T23:26:00.000-07:002006-09-06T09:18:25.966-07:00Just thinking out loud...People don't want to know about current events, they just want to know about popular events.Theo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-1156487059094748562006-08-24T23:24:00.000-07:002006-10-27T14:15:46.683-07:00Welcome to GeekTown...When the local 7-11 is advertising its daily specials on 12 packs of Jolt cola and flash drives, you know you are in a dense geek population Theo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-1155505433841418132006-08-13T14:37:00.000-07:002006-10-27T14:15:26.486-07:00Now how does that exactly work...Exactly how is laundry detergent kosher -- and better yet how can deterget become trafe? I'm just going to put this under the same category as "If cow is meat, and chicken is meat, why isn't fish meat?" Theo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797163.post-1151550916186883282006-06-28T20:15:00.000-07:002006-06-28T20:15:16.220-07:00Things I'd like to see on a t-shirt...Things I'd like to see on a t-shirt:"I'm the King, who the hell are you?" "I'm no longer a danger to society."Theo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01924608089164373610noreply@blogger.com